Depending on the weather, up to 18 or so members show up each Thursday at a preselected location starting at 9:30 am and paint plein air until noon.

At the end of the morning members of the group are invited to show their day's work results. It is NOT obligatory; however, artists often like to see other artist's efforts. There are no critiques.

You must be a member of MAA to participate. Unfortunately, at the moment MAA is not accepting new member applications.. Each MAA artist that has signed up with me, receives a weekly email notice of the location of the next Thursday painting trip. 

There are no notices of cancellation due to weather forecasts etc. Everyone makes the decision to attend or not to attend based on their own judgement. The weekly notice email contains directions to the location and other important information.

Any member wishing to sign up may contact MAA with the request: info @ manotickart.ca Previous plein air painting experience is not required. 

For more information, tips on what to bring on the painting trips, visit> Manotick Art Association.

To see photographs (taken by Paul Powers) of the group in action visit> Facebook Manotick Art Association.

The MAA Plein Air program has a lot to offer.
With 17 trips, to different locations each week, there's plenty of subject matter: parks, city scapes, sailboats, horse paddocks, gardens, forests, rivers and more. Personally, I don't use photos for  my  landscape work. Instead, I use the impressions I feel from the world around me. I paint for the challenge.

​Charlie Spratt

Photography by Paul Powers